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Empowering Women in Hydrography

While the number of women in the workforce has risen in recent decades, there remains an imbalance between men and women in leadership positions, and women are still underrepresented in many STEM subjects. To try and change this, the IHO launched the project “Empowering Women in Hydrography” in 2021, with the goal of raising awareness about career opportunities in hydrography, and to increase the number of women in leadership positions. The most recent study, conducted in early 2025, revealed that since the project's implementation, the percentage of female national hydrographers has increased from 7% to 13%—almost doubling. Similarly, the proportion of women chairing IHO bodies has risen from 13% to 24%. Additionally, women now vice-chair 32% of IHO organs. In 2022 the project was officially endorsed as a UN Ocean Decade Action.

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Circular Letters

The IHO Secretariat communicates important information to Member States (MS) via Circular Letter (CL). Some CLs invite Member States to provide feedback to the Secretariat (e.g. approval of new editions of IHO Standards). In cases where MSs are invited to provide feedback via online form, the link to the form will be included in the CL. Further information is provided in CL 20/2019). All previous years CLs are available from the IHO searchable HERE. ________________ Spanish Circular Letters are available HERE

MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES AFTER 2024

List of ABLOS Meetings and Conferences Note: To access the meeting page, you'll need an IHO Portal account. If you don't have one yet, don't worry! Creating an account is easy. Simply follow the instruction provided at the link here to set up your account and gain access to the meeting page. Click the IHO Portal to get started ABLOS Meetings and Conferences Year Title Venue Date Remarks 2025 32nd ABLOS Business Meeting Doha, Qatar 6 and 9 October 2025 IHO Portal 2025 12th IHO-IAG Advisory Board on the Law of the Sea (ABLOS) Conference PROGRAMME (For more information and to register, please consult the ABLOS Website) Doha, Qatar 7 and 8 October 2025 ABLOS Website

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IHO-Republic of Korea Programme of Technical Cooperation

In line with the MOU between the Government of the Republic of Korea and the IHO for Support of the IHO Programmes signed on 16 June 2011, the Government of the Republic of Korea makes a contribution to the IHO for the capacity building activites but also technical standard as international and regional bases. The Republic of Korea wishes to make a contribution available to the IHO for the purpose of helping developing countries improve their ability to comply with international standards relating to hydrographic surveying, oceanographic observation, nautical charts and electronic navigation charts production. Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Agency (KHOA) http://www.khoa.go.kr

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World Hydrography Day

Celebrated on 21 June, World Hydrography Day is designed to raise awareness about hydrography and how it plays a role in improved knowledge of the seas and oceans.

BSHC27 (2022)

LIST OF DOCUMENTS 27th Meeting Stockholm, Sweden, 20 - 22 September 2022 Post Meeting Documents: [Photo] [Minutes] [Actions] Updated: 16 November 2022 Document No Document Title BSHC27-Letter1 BSHC27 Letter of Invitation BSHC27-Letter1 Annex 1 Logistic Information BSHC27-Letter1 Annex 2 Registration Form (pdf version) BSHC27-Letter1 Annex 3 Draft Programme (Updated 07/09/22) BSHC27-Letter1 Annex 4 Hotel reservation at the Scandic Anglais BSHC27_A1.2_List_Documents List of Documents - see this website BSHC27_A1.3_List_of-Participants List of Participants BSHC27_A3_Agenda Agenda for 27th Meeting of the BSHC (Updated 12/09/22) BSHC27_A4.1_BSHC26_Final_Minutes BSHC26 Final Meeting Minutes BSHC27_A4.2_BSHC26_List_of_Actions BSHC26 List of Actions BSHC27_B1_SE Council Report BSHC27_B2_IHO IHO Secretariat Report BSHC27_B4.1_National_Report_Denmark National Report of Denmark BSHC27_B4.2_National_Report_Estonia National Report of Estonia BSHC27_B4.3_National_Report_Finland National Report of Finland BSHC27_B4.4_National_Report_Germany National Report of Germany BSHC27_B4.5_National_Report_Latvia National Report of Latvia BSHC27_B4.6_National_Report_Lithuania National Report of Lithuania BSHC27_B4.7_National_Report_Poland National Report of Poland BSHC27_B4.8_National_Report_Sweden National Report of Sweden BSHC27_C1 HSSC14 Report BSHC27_C2 Report fo Re-Survey Monitoring Working Group (MWG) BSHC27_C3 Chart Datum WG Report (CDWG) BSHC27_C4 High Denisty Contours in the Finnish ENCs (information paper) BSHC27_C5 Bathy Compilation Workflow in the Finnish HO (information paper) BSHC27_C6 Finnish Sailing Directions New Publication (information paper) BSHC27_C7 Chart On Demand (COD) & Certified Printed ENC (information paper) BSHC27_D1 Status report BSHC Strategic Correspondence Group (CSG) BSHC27_D1_INF Status NHC Strategic work Information Paper BSHC27_D2 Actions requested by IRCC14 BSHC27_D3 IHO-EU Network Report BSHC27_D4 Report of the Baltic Sea Bathymetric Database Working Group (BSBDWG) BSHC27_D5 (Presentation) Report of Baltic Sea North Sea Marine Spatial Data Information Working Group (BSNSMSDIWG) BSHC27_D6 Report of the Baltic Sea MSI Working Group (BSMSIWG) BSHC27_D7 Report of the BSHC representative to WENDWG BSHC27_D8 Report of Baltic Sea INT Chart Coordination Working Group (BSICCWG) BSHC27_D9 IHO Capacity Building Sub-Committee (CBSC) Issues Review BSHC27_D10 BSHC Website BSCH27_Presentations Presentations.zip BSHC27_Draft_Actions Draft Actions BSHC27_Draft_Minutes Draft Minutes

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Iridium SafetyCast Implementation Status

The International Maritime Organization (IMO), the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO), and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announce the establishment of the Iridium SafetyCast Service, as a recognized mobile satellite service in the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS). Effective 11 December 2020, Iridium declared the Iridium SafetyCast Service operational for broadcasting navigational warnings, meteorological warnings and forecasts, and Search and Rescue (SAR) related information.